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How computer-savvy are you? Use this chart to determine which technological toolbox is right for you.

The best genealogy toolbox for you depends on your needs: How computer-savvy are you? Do you need to access your research tools from more than one computer? Do you want to share them with other researchers youre collaborating with? Following are pros and cons for 10 genealogy toolbox options, with those requiring the least tech knowledge listed first. Once you figure out which toolbox is right for you, use the chart at https://www.familytreemagazine.com/article/feb-2012-tool-shopping-chart to see the tools you can use to complete your toolbox.

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Description

Pros and Cons

Examples

Documents

Set up text files or word processing documents with copied-and-pasted URLs.

Pro: Easy to access and use. Portable on a flash drive or via email.Con: Difficult to organize, find and update items.

your preferred word processing software

File manager applications

Create shortcuts to websites with the My Computer icon or Windows Explorer.

Pro: Easy to access and use.Con: Not portabletoolbox resides only on your computer.

your preferred file management program (depends on your operating system, such as Windows or Mac)

Web browser

Make bookmarks or favorites in your web browser; categorize them using the Organize Bookmarks feature.

Pro: Easy to access and use.Con: Can be difficult to organize and find items. Not portablebookmarks and favorites reside only on your computer.